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Emma / Jane Austen ; with an introduction by Marilyn Butler. by Series: Everyman's library ; 36
Edition: 1st ed.
Material type:  Text; Format:
print
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Fiction
Publication details: New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, [1991]
Dissertation note: The most perfect of Jane Austen’s perfect novels begins with twenty-one-year-old Emma Woodhouse comfortably dominating the social order in the village of Highbury, convinced that she has both the understanding and the right to manage other people’s lives–for their own good, of course. Her well-meant interfering centers on the aloof Jane Fairfax, the dangerously attractive Frank Churchill, the foolish if appealing Harriet Smith, and the ambitious young vicar Mr. Elton–and ends with her complacency shattered, her mind awakened to some of life’s more intractable dilemmas, and her happiness assured
Availability: Not available: Centeral Library: Checked out (1).
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Jane Eyre / Charlotte Brontë. by Series: Courage classics
Material type: Text; Format:
print
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Fiction
Publication details: Philadelphia, Pa. : Courage Books, c1991
Dissertation note: This classic story shows how a young woman can overcome adversity and find true happiness. It is a story of passionate love, travail, and final triumph. Orphaned at an early age, Jane Eyre leads a lonely life until she finds work as a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she meets the mysterious Mr. Rochester and sees a ghostly woman who roams the halls by night. The relationship between the heroine and Mr. Rochester is only one episode, albeit the most important, in a detailed fictional autobiography in which the author transmuted her own experience into high art. In this work, the plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance but possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit, and great courage.
Availability: Items available for loan: Centeral Library (1)Call number: 823.8 B.C.J 1991.
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Jane Eyre. by
Material type: Text; Format:
print
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Not fiction
Publication details: Baltimore, Penguin Books [1966]
Dissertation note: This classic story shows how a young woman can overcome adversity and find true happiness. It is a story of passionate love, travail, and final triumph. Orphaned at an early age, Jane Eyre leads a lonely life until she finds work as a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she meets the mysterious Mr. Rochester and sees a ghostly woman who roams the halls by night. The relationship between the heroine and Mr. Rochester is only one episode, albeit the most important, in a detailed fictional autobiography in which the author transmuted her own experience into high art. In this work, the plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance but possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit, and great courage.
Availability: Items available for loan: Centeral Library (1)Call number: 823.8 B.C.J 1966.
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The portrait of a lady by
Edition: 1st ed
Material type: Text; Format:
print
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Fiction
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., [1909]Copyright date: ℗♭1909
Availability: Items available for loan: Centeral Library (1)Call number: 813.3 J.H.P 1909.
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